Family caregiver issues in dementia: Dealing with children

摘要

Family caregiver issues vary dramatically depending on the dementia subtype. One of the most difficult disorders for care-givers is frontotemporal dementia. Since this condition often occurs at a relatively early age, children are an integral part of the family unit caring for the affected individual. Denny et al (Caring for Children of Parents With Frontotemporal Degeneration: A Report of the AFTD Task Force on Families With Children) report that the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) organized a 7-person task force on families with children to explore the concerns of families when a parent of young children or teens is diagnosed with frontotemporal degeneration.